Emergency-windlass for automobiles.



O. H. WILLARD.

EMERGENCY WINDLASS FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Patented Oct. 12, 1915 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

0. H. WILLARD.

EMERGENCY WINDLASS FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FILED APIMI. 1915.

1,156,648. I Patented 001;. 12, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

COLUMI IIA PLANOORAPH cm. WASHINGTON, D. c.

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T oidlleohomitmcy concern: a Be it known that I,,ORsorrH.VViLLAIm, a citir en of1 (the United States, residing at Cottage Grove, in theycounty of Lane and w State ifoif Oregon, have invented a new and useful Emergency {Windlass forjAutomo biles 951 and I do hereby declare the following: a to beva full,clear, and exact description oi makeand use the same.

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the invention, such as will enable others i This invention relates to an emergency drait indlass adapted for use in connection withautomobiles, and an 010 a to pull itself on .to the road bed over which a it maybe propelled in the customary man-i jectaofthis invention is} to provide a device OfjtlliS nature adapted to be detachably con-1 jnected to one ofthe driving wheels of the automobile and provided with a cable ghav ting Q COImection with aistake, tree or stump! nearthe head of the automobile, so that s when the driving wheel is in rotation and the machine is stuck in the mud, sand or snow, the cable between the stake and the WVll'lCllitSS drum will automatically 1 wind upon the drum, thereby causing themachine 1 proved means whereby the same may be detachably clamped to any size automobile qdriving wheel, regardless of the number of vide a draft Windlass drum having imspokes therein.

Another object of the invention is the pro- 'visionyof a draft cable or rope, which acts to not only pull the automobile onto the a road; bed, but also constitutes means fory drawing andholding the clamping devices of the Windlass drum in clamping engagement with the driving wheel. a

i In practical fields the detailsof construetion may necessitate alterations, falling wlthm the scope of what is claimed. A The, il'lVGTllJlOl'L comprises further features and combination-of parts, as hereinafter set 1 forth; shown in the drawings and claimed.

,lnfthe drawings: Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing an automobile in the act of pulling itself out of the mire or mud lorthefilike. Fig. 2is an enlarged side elevation of anautomobile wheel showing the Windlass drum as clamped thereto by virltueiof the draft cable. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewwon line3-3 of Fig.2. Fig, 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4: of Fig. 2. Fig. 5

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fly ansenlarged detail; View oneflof the clamps which i s arranged between thespokes ofthe wheel. i a

a: i Referring more especially to the drawangsnl design ates an automobile havin A the usual driving wheelsflg and 3 denotese the Windlassdraft drum, which is constructed of metal, and comprises an annular metal plateportion t iormed with a socket 5 to :receive the hub Glof the wheelQ, whelrthe plate portion 4 is 1 arranged adjacent to the spokes of the wheeli {Projecting laterally the annular *plate portion 4 is an annular ifIangetQwthe outer circumference or is engaged by the cable or rope 7 whenfthe 1 wheel and the drum are rotated asone body.

extended beyond the cylindrical flange 6 cylindrical flange 6, The cylindrical lflange 6 is providedwwith an. opening 10, an ex tendlng fromfthe opening 10 to theouter circumferenceofthe wall of the socket 5 is acable guide rib 11, with which the cable 57engagesbeforepassing the opening 10 of j j j j I ithecylindricalfiange 6. The annularvplate Another object of the inventlon lsto proportion 45 of the drum is provided with a plurality of guideslots 12, and radially and bolted at 18 and 19 to the blocksor clamps 14, so asto hold said clamp adjustable radially tothe drum. These retainers 17 are provided with enlargements 20 havingtheir outer ends grooved at 21. The outer cylindrical surface of the wall of the socket 5 is provided with ahook-22, to which said cable 7 is attached; as shown. In applyingthe emergency draftwindlass, the drum is ar ranged adjacent the side of thewheel, as

shown clearly inf FigsQlj and 2, so that the socket 5will receivethe hub of thewheel,

and when so arrangingthe drum, it is essential to see that thegclamps or blocks 14 are interposed between adjacent spokes as "shown, after which the cable 7 is arranged in the grooves ofthe enlargement 20 and pass through theopening 10 of the drum,

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The annular plate portion A ofthe drum is and its other end 24: is attached to a stake, tree or stump thereof, or the like as shown at 25, and subsequently to so arranging said parts, revoluble movement is imparted to the wheel 2, thereby causing the cable or rope to wind upon the drum, thereby pulling the automobile from the mire or mud. The automobile having pulled itself from the mud, the drum may be easily detached by detaching the snap hook 26 from the hook 22, so that the clamping members or blocks 14 may be thrown radially outwardly, permitting the drum to be detached from the wheel, together with the cable wound on the drum.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. An emergency draft Windlass for the purpose described provided with a flexible draft member, comprising a drum having radially movable clamping means engaging between the spokes of an automobile wheel, said clamping means having elements to be engaged by said draft member to draw the clamping means in engagement with the spokes of the wheel for detachably clamping the drum to the wheel.

2. An emergency draft Windlass for the purpose described provided with a flexible draft member comprising a drum having radially movable wedges to wedge between the spokes of an automobile wheel, said wedges having elements about which the draft member is designed to be wound for drawing the wedges toward the center of the drum to detachably clamp the drum to the wheel, said drum having an opening in its cylindrical in said slots, said retainers having enlarge-V ments provided with grooves, in which grooves a draft element winds for drawing the clamping members radially toward the rub for detachably clamping the drum to the wheel, said drum having an opening through which said draft element passes to wind upon the drum.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OR-SON H. WVILLARD.

Witnesses HERMAN H. OAKES, EMERSON B. GRABLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

